Namaste Bhagavan Sri Krishna is yOgeswara. brahmacharya is an integral part of yama the first limb of ashtA~nga yOga. As yOgeswara, he is an Urdhvaretas. An urdhvareta yogi is one in whom the seminal energy has flown upwards into the brain as ojas shakti. There is now no possibility of the semen going downwards by sexual excitement. In the presence of such an Urdhvaretas or even the mere thought of Him raises the mind to a state of ecstacy. When mere mortals like us feel that joy when hearing to the divine glory of the Lord (not because of any sukrutam on our part, but because of the infinite glory of Bhagavan and Our Acharyas who like touch stones purify our hearts with their purity because of infinite compassion and confer anugraham for us to enjoy His purity) and , it is definite that the gopalas and gopikas of gokula (the great yogis and devatas incarnated as the cowherds) were transformed to a state of divine ecstacy in His presence, by His mere thoughts and everything that pertains to Him was enough for them to reach the pinnacle of bliss. UrdhvaretaM virUpaaksham viswarUpaaya te namaH...(nArAyaNa sUktam) adiyen would like to draw your attention to the virUpaaksha shabdam. This refers to Bhagavan Nrusimha (those initiated into nrusimha anushtup mantram can understand the link from the dhyana sloka for the mantram). That very nrusimha is Lord Rama - please recall the sloka from srImadvAlmIki rAmayaNam (incidentally happens to be the first sloka of srI venkateshwara suprabhAtam) utthiShta narashardula! Rishi viswAmitra reminds us that Rama is verily nrusimha by addressing him as narashArdula the Urdhvaretas. One who is a Urdhvaretas is verily bhagavan. adiyen would like to draw the attention of the bhagavatas to the scene where uttara's foetus was destroyed by Ashwatama's misdeed. It was told that one who is an urdhvaretas alone can bring that child back to birth. Even the greatest of yogis hesitated to come forward (for it could be a public confession of a private sin). It was Bhagavan Sri Krishna who breathed life into that foetus. That child was ParIkshit. We are indeed indebted to Arjuna and ParIkshit...it is because of them we have srImadbhagavad gIta and srImadbhaagavatam. And the question of why Bhagavan follows brahmacharya is answered in srImadbhagavadgIta itself by the sloka. yadyadaacharati SrEshThastattadEvEtarO janaH| sa yatpramaaNaM kurutE lOkastadanuvartate|| Because, whatever noble persons do, others follow. Whatever standard they set up, the world follows. Gita(3-21) The vital force transforms into seminal fluid over six stages. It gets seperated from the the blood the moment carnal feelings creep into the mind. The one seperated from the blood has to flow out. For an Urdhvaretas such a thing does not happen. It is converted into ojus shakti and the tirumuga mandalam of the Urdhvaretas shines with divine tejas. Such a person is capable of attracting all. ramayate iti raama 'makes others delightful and krishna itself means aakarshana. sri sadagopan maama has written about the beauty of the tirumuga mandalam of lord nrusimha as eulogized in the various pasurams in divya prabhandam. May the yOgeswara Sri Krishna as jagadguru leads us from darkness to light. achAryan tiruvadigaLe saranam > Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer, > > There is a discussion about 'brahmacharya' in the 'maattup poNNu' series. > After reading that interesting on going series, I wish to add following. > > There is a slokam in sreemadh vaalmeeki raaamayaNam, when that niranthara > [permanent] and recognised brahmachari hanumaan says to seethaa, > > 'raama: nithyam brahmacharyavrathE sthhitha:' > > in slokam 12 sargam 32 of sundhara kaaNdam > > meaning - raama is observing the brahmacharya vratham regularly. > > As is now quite common with many, in the US and other foreign countries, > even after getting married due to visa problems and others, they are > bachelors or observing brahmacharya vratham in grihasthaasramam, because > of the absence of their wives by their side. > > Sri raama is not that kind of brahmachari now, because seethaa is away in > asOka vanam, having been kidnapped by raavaNan, and now only hanumaan, > with his Herculean effort, has located seethaa and says to seethaa, raama > is now a bachelor [because of you, his wife, whom he is missing]. > > So raama is NOT a 'circumstance forced bachelor' but, by his aachaaram and > anushtaanams. > > Hanumaan is a 'sollin selvar' - 'measured talker' and he will not talk > wrong. Then why hanumaan said that? - that too to seethaa, to that very > wife of raama, in front of whom he is standing. This is a point to be > understood properly. > > As per manu dharma saasthram, one who observes restraint from sex on > Ekaadhasi, chathurdhasi, amaavaasya, and pourNami and enjoys on the even > thithis during rest of the days in a month, then he is called > brahmachaari. The relevant portion of manu saasthram is extracted as given > below. > > 7.1.10 Grihastha brahmacarya > Let (the husband) approach his wife in due season, being constantly > satisfied with her (alone); he may also, being intent on pleasing her, > approach her with a desire for conjugal union (on any day) excepting the > Parvans. [v.3.45.] > > Sixteen (days and) nights (in each month), including four days, which > differ from the rest and are censured by the virtuous, (are called) the > natural season of women. [v.3.46.] > > But among these the first four, the eleventh and the thirteenth are > (declared to be) forbidden; the remaining nights are recommended. > [v.3.47.] > > On the even nights sons are conceived and daughters on the uneven ones; > hence a man who desires to have sons should approach his wife in due > season on the even (nights). [v.3.48.] > > A male child is produced by a greater quantity of male seed, a female > child by the prevalence of the female; if (both are) equal, a > hermaphrodite or a boy and a girl; if (both are) weak or deficient in > quantity, a failure of conception (results). [v.3.49.] > > He who avoids women on the six forbidden nights and on eight others, is > (equal in chastity to) a student, in whichever order he may live. > [v.3.50.] > > This extract is the book manu dharma saasthram from www.sacredtexts.com > <http://www.sacredtexts.com> web site. [2 ekaadhasis, 2 chathurdhasis, one > amavasya, one pourNami - totalling 6 days] > So raama is a grihasthaasrama brahmachaari, since he observes the rules > laid down here. > > KrishNa is also a similar grihastha brahmachaari even though he took 16108 > roopams to enjoy with his that many wives as per srimadh bhaagavatham. > > Trust it is quite interesting information. > > Dhasan > Vasudevan m.g. > > > > DISCLAIMER: > This Message and its contents is intended solely for the addressee and > is proprietary.Information in this mail is for L&T Business Usage only. > Any Use to other than the addressee is misuse and infringement to > Proprietorship of L&T ECC.If you are not the addressee please return the > mail to the sender.L&T ECC DIVISION > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Stop an Abortion Today. Give Women Options for Life. 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